#DCE485#DCE485

#DCE485 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.119 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DCE485
RGB	rgb(220, 228, 133)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(65, 42%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 41.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.16, -16.52, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.16, 48.26, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(89.22% -0.046 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(89.22% 0.119 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.4930, 72.3968, 32.9203)
Luminance	0.7240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DCE485 #8D85E4

analogous

#E4BC85 #DCE485 #ACE485

triadic

#DCE485 #85DCE4 #E485DC

tetradic

#DCE485 #85E4BC #8D85E4 #E485AC

square

#DCE485 #85E4BC #8D85E4 #E485AC

split-complementary

#DCE485 #85ACE4 #BC85E4

monochromatic

#B7C32B #CED953 #DCE485 #EAEFB7 #F8F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#DCE485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.48

#DCE485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DCE485

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DCE485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DCE485	1.00	1.36	15.48	15.48
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7DACD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dce485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(220, 228, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.119 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ecaa',
    500: '#dce485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dce485;
$custom-light: #e8ecaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dce485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 220,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.053,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89215,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.72396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DCE485

secondary

#5A51BC

accent

#1ACC29

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFDF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161610

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #DCE485

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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